KWASU partners developers to solve accommodation problems

The Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, Moro Local Government Area has entered into partnership with private developers to build halls of residence on campus for its students.

The Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof AbdulRasheed Na’Allah told reporters in Malete shortly after the matriculation ceremony for the 2012/2013 academic session.

His words: “We are university for community development. We think government should no longer build houses, accommodation on campus. We now invite community people- investors, developers to come on campus and build houses.

“We have developed a policy of 100 per cent accommodation provision for all undergraduate students on campus. To implement this policy, we have now invited developers to come and build on campus. Right now you will see several constructions are going on, some have just finished, about three that have finished, students have occupied for this semester. By next academic year, we say about 20 more would have finished. So, this is the vigorous way we are going about it. We want the investors to come so that together with government, they would be co-owners of this university and that is what we are doing.”

On cultism, he said: “We have been operating at zero level on cultism at KWASU. We have had course to investigate, we have had course at suspicion but each time we have acted strictly.

“In fact we have not allowed anybody to settle down to anything like that. I am not saying they have not tried but I am saying that at KWASU, we have been on top of it because we have learnt, we had the opportunity to learn from what is happening across Nigeria.

“We therefore have our facts, have our strategy and have our policies to pursue it vigorously and today I am happy to say that we have no official knowledge of any cultist or cultism.”

Earlier, he said that KWASU was matriculating no fewer than 1,525 candidates for the session in question.

He added that “it is on record that over 7,556 candidates applied to KWASU for the current session’s admission exercise with the number of candidates above sailing through.”

Also, the Landmark University, Omu-Aran in Irepodun Local Government Area of the state, at the weekend matriculated 782 students.

Vice-Chancellor of the faith-based university, Prof Matthew O. Ajayi made the disclosure at the fourth matriculation ceremony of the institution.

Prof Ajayi said: “This is made up 95 in agriculture, 407 in science and engineering and 280 in business and social sciences.”